Gregg Hurwitz

Gregg Hurwitz
Gregg Andrew Hurwitz is an American novelist, screenwriter, and comic book writer. Most of his novels are in the thriller fiction genre. His script writing work includes a film adaptation of his book Orphan X, a TV adaptation of Joby Warrick's Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS, and a screenplay for the 2017 film The Book of Henry. He also has written comic books for comic book publishers like DC Comics and Marvel Comics.
Biography
Hurwitz grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and graduated from Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose, California. While completing a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University (1995) and a master's from Trinity College, Oxford, in Shakespearean tragedy (1996), he wrote his first novel. At Harvard, he was a student of psychologist Jordan Peterson, who influenced his writing. He was the undergraduate scholar-athlete of the year at Harvard for pole vaulting and played college soccer in England, where he was a Knox Fellow.
Hurwitz lives in Los Angeles. He is married and has two daughters.
Career
Hurwitz is the author of The Tower, Minutes to Burn, Do No Harm, The Kill Clause, The Program, Troubleshooter, Last Shot, The Crime Writer, Trust No One, Don't Look Back, and Orphan X. His books have been shortlisted for best novel of the year by the International Thriller Writers, nominated for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger, chosen as feature selections for four major literary book clubs, honored as Book Sense Picks, and translated into 28 languages.
He wrote the original screenplay for the film The Book of Henry (2017), directed by Collin Trevorrow for Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, and filmed in New York.
His 2016 novel Orphan X was picked up by Warner Bros. with Bradley Cooper to direct. Hurwitz will write the screenplay adaptation. Hurwitz has written Wolverine, The Punisher, and Foolkiller for Marvel Comics, and published numerous academic articles on Shakespeare. He has taught fiction writing in the USC English Department, and guest lectured for UCLA and Harvard. He also has written and produced season two of the TV show V.
He became the writer of Batman: The Dark Knight for DC Comics in 2012.
Bibliography
Novels
Orphan X Thrillers series
Orphan X, January 2016
The Nowhere Man, January 2017
Hellbent, January 2018
Out of the Dark, January 2019
Into the Fire, January 2020
Prodigal Son, January 2021
Dark Horse, February 2022
The Last Orphan, February 2023
Orphan X short stories
Released as ebook and audiobook only
"Buy a Bullet", (Book 1.5) October 2016
"The Intern", (Book 3.5) December 2018
"The List", (Book 5.5) August 2020
The Rains Brothers
The Rains, October 2016
Last Chance, October 2017
Tim Rackley
The Kill Clause, August 2004
The Program, August 2005
Troubleshooter, July 2006
Last Shot, July 2007
Stand-alones
The Tower, April 1999
Minutes to Burn, July 2001
Do No Harm, July 2002
The Crime Writer (also known as I See You), June 2008
Trust No One (UK title as We Know), June 2010
You're Next, November 2010
They're Watching (UK title as Or She Dies), April 2011
The Survivor, July 2012
Tell No Lies, August 2013
Don't Look Back, August 2014
Comic books
DC Comics
Batman: The Dark Knight #10–29, 0, Annual #1, 2012–2014
Detective Comics #0, 27, 2012–2014
Penguin: Pain and Prejudice #1–5, 2011–2012
Marvel Comics
Foolkiller vol. 2 #1–5, 2007
Foolkiller: White Angels #1–5, 2008–2009
The New Avengers #55, 2009
Punisher #61–65, 75, 2008–2009
The Savage Axe of Ares #1, 2011
The Vengeance of Moon Knight #1–10, 2009–2010
Shadowland: Moon Knight #1–3, 2010
Wolverine Annual #1, 2007
Wolverine: Flies to a Spider #1, 2009
Wolverine: Switchback #1, 2009
X-Men Forever #4, 2009
Filmography
Television
V (7 episodes, 2010–11)
Queen of the South (Season 1 Episode 8: Billete de Magia)
Film
The Book of Henry
Sweet Girl
References
External links
MacMillan author page
Gregg Hurwitz at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
Gregg Hurwitz at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
20th-century American novelists
20th-century American male writers
21st-century American novelists
21st-century American male writers
Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford
American comics writers
American crime fiction writers
American male novelists
American male screenwriters
American mystery novelists
Harvard University alumni
Living people
Writers from the San Francisco Bay Area
Year of birth missing (living people)
Screenwriters from California
21st-century American screenwriters
Bellarmine College Preparatory alumni